Pictures: Windows On The World 15 November

Thursday 15 Nov 2012 9:59 am

Pictures: Windows On The World 15 November

Hostesses for the National Congress jumps for a photo in front of the Great Hall of the People before the closing ceremony of the 18th Communist Party Congress at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, Wednesday, Nov 14, 2012.

Hotel guides pose for photos in front of the Great Hall of the People, the venue of the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, in Beijing November 14, 2012.

Brooklyn Nets’ Brook Lopez (11) fights for control of the ball with Cleveland Cavaliers’ Tristan Thompson (13) and Anderson Varejao, center, during the second half of an NBA basketball game, Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2012,

A Maori challenge is performed for Britain’s Prince Charles during an official Maori welcome at Government House, Wellington, New Zealand, Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2012.

A Filipino protester holds a portrait of US President Barack Obama in rally calling for a drastic green house gas emissions cut near the gates of US embassy in Manila, Philippines, 14 November 2012.

Zhang Wuyi sits in his newly made multi-seater submarine at his new workshop near an artificial pool in Wuhan, Hubei province, November 14, 2012.

School children, wearing caps popularly known as Nehru caps, return after a function to mark the birth anniversary of India’s first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru at his memorial, in New Delhi, India, Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2012

Myanmar’s opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi scatters rose petals at the memorial of India’s first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru in New Delhi November 14, 2012.

A girl sits among diyas, or oil lamps, in her yard during Diwali celebrations in Felicity, central Trinidad November 13, 2012.

Shanaya Persad holds a diya, or oil lamp, in a street during Diwali celebrations in Felicity, central Trinidad November 13, 2012.

A walker passes pollarded trees, typical for the lower Rhine area, with yellow leafs on the river Rhine bank in Duisburg, Germany, Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2012.

pigs raised by farmer Huang Demin diving into the pond in Guanshan village in Ningxiang county in south China’s Hunan province on 11 November 2012.

A suspected crack user who was feeling ill cries out in pain as she is carried by a social worker to a waiting van, to take her to a nearby shelter in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2012.

An Indian ‘Nihang’ or a man whose ancestors belonged to Sikh warrior clan, smiles supporting an over-sized turban as he takes part in a religious procession called Mohalla in Amritsar, India, 14 November 2012.